正式 zhèngshì▶ formal

Stroke order

正式 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

• 正 — 5 strokes
• 式 — 6 strokes

Related words

• 正好perfecto, justo
• 正常normal
• 正确Correcto; corregir
• 真正real, verdadero
• 正justo; solo; apenas
• 反正de todos modos

正式 is pronounced zhèngshì and means “formal”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 正式 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.